Category: Pests

The Mealybugs: I thought I had finally gotten rid of them a few months ago, and I haven’t seen them since- until this morning. Luckily I found them on the one Jade plant that is pretty much quarantined already. It is one of the few plants that I have in my living room, and luckily my other vulnerable plants are all upstairs. After I discovered the little pests, I ran upstairs to get my weapon of choice: my…

I am really peeved right now, because I keep finding mealybugs on my jade plants! Just a little background, my roomie and I got a bunch of plant clippings from our university greenhouse last summer. This included several clippings from Coleus plants (which mealybugs apparently LOVE). And of course, these Coleus plants were carrying them! We eventually just ended up having to throw the Coleus plants away, because the mealybugs just would not go away. Seriously, we did everything except…